After Starship Flight 7 exploded over the Turks and Caicos Islands on January 16, 2025, SpaceX is hoping for a smoother ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. It was just back in January that Starship Flight 7 ended in a similar loss over the Turks and Caicos Islands. Flights prior to this had been ...

Back on January 16, 2025, SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 exploded after launch. Now, Starship Flight 8, which was essentially a re-do of that mission, has also exploded. Seven minutes after ...

The Starship spacecraft, also known as the vehicle ... In a statement, SpaceX said the Flight 7 explosion was probably caused by a leak in the aft — or rear — section of the vehicle, near ...

The flight was the second conducted by SpaceX this year, after the launch of Starship 7 in January along a similar flight path, which also exploded. Newsweek contacted SpaceX for more information ...

It was the first test flight since Starship 7 exploded mid flight in January. "We have lost contact with the ship. It is no longer providing telemetry," a commentator said on SpaceX's live stream.

While the first test flight of Starship and Super Heavy blew up a launchpad at SpaceX’s Starbase facilities in 2023, January’s Flight 7 and today’s Flight 8 both allowed Starship to travel ...

It was the company's second launch in a row to conclude with an explosion (its Starship Flight 7 test met a similar fate in January) and came as the investigation into the previous "mishap" had ...

The incident occurred roughly at the same time it did during the Starship 7 flight, 9 minutes and 30 seconds after liftoff. SpaceX says the spacecraft didn't leave the designated launch corridor ...